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I just had 8 eggs hatch under a hen. Amazing and a miracle. She SAT while we built a hen house around the hen house that I started out with. Then one day I found her sitting in the nest beside her eggs. The eggs were cold. Very cold. but I put her back on her nest and decided to see...

I would get him out of there.. keep him warm..and avoid the blood veins.. when/if you see blood leave it alone.. go to another spot. go slowly and keep him warm.

Quote: im trying to figure it out..help me, which is the wrong side..? like the man who walked himself to death in a silo looking for a corner to poop in.

Quote: its so sad to remember back and realize they were calling for help and I didnt come to the rescue.. i dont do that anymore.. i err on the side if helping too much. its not like they were naturally hatching..its artificial and too many things can go wrong.. like the humidity being too...

dear maraloo got it done. almost clean enough to live in. i hve 5 now running around , eating and drinking so well. ive never had such quiet ones. these have the same daddy and grand daddy. i never thought about that.. i have just one rooster and i just live a day at a time...

im so glad that it is doing good.. i let a chick scream for attention one time.. it cried all night and i was so sure that intervening was not the the thinng to do... when ii got up the next morn it was dead... from now on.. thus the motto i have.. "do it, at least you know you tried".. doing...

i had a bad day yesterday went to gather eggs and found Goldie my oldest buff laying dead in the nest..she had laid the most huge eggs ive ever seen in the last few weeks.. she obviously struggled to lay the last one.. it was under her.. softfeathers everywhere.. i worried about the eggs...

no get it out of the whole thing and lay it down and let it wake up.. itmay lay there an hour or more but i bet itwill be ok. ive had em lay there with the yolk exposed for 2 days and the yolk would absorb and it would beok.. danger with that is having spraddled feet and legs. but warm and...

IF it is blowing bubbles its in danger.. i would get it out of that shell as fast as i could.. jsut keep it warm and let it be. ive never seen one blow bubbles before.. there must be much water in there.. whew~

get the membrand away from its beak and be patient..

what a good way to wake up the day... i have another chick hatched. five out of 9 aint bad. for me. they are so quiet under their bulb. seem to be absolutley fine. i put another egg in the incubator 3 days after this bunch its due to hatch toay or tomorrow. it is all alone in the...

yes..... i had 9 eggs hatching.. 5 green from inbreeding i did not think of that being something wrong.. dont know why... but didnt think i have 4 hatched and dry and singing their hearts out..they are resting and comfy under a bulb .. so cute and fuzzy. im a great beiever...

OK one green egg and one white eggs are piping ... hole in one big as a smiley. chick singing. the white membrane totally dry.. now im sick that i did not worry much abut the humidity. I took tweezers and removed the shell in a circle around the egg and wrapped warm wash rag around the...

That is probably what i would hve done. but, its possible its too much moisture. i read in a link not long ago, and i think it was on byc, that we have been using too much moisture and drowning the chicks. with this latest hatch ive pulled back some on the humidity. but ive got much...

the q tip is a good idea. ive tried so hard to hatch eggs, a grandmother alone most of the time, i have the energy and time to devote to studying and caring for my eggs and to do all that is known to do. Ive had few "great successes". when i get 50 percent i feel wonderful.. soo on...

Id be so careful when "wetting" the membrane. Ive drowned chicks this way not knowing the danger. Luck.. has much to do with this. so good luck jdy

one more thing.... in my early days of hatching, i have opened the eggs so far way toooo early that the yoke was still attached to the chick. totally.... and believe it or not, i have had a chick lay, appearing to be near death and after several days that yoke disapeared and that chick came...

Iv been hatching chicks for several years now in my incubator. Ive had much success and much failure. Its familiar to me to read when someone swears to never intervene again and ive also swore to intervene much sooner next time. haha Ive also swore off hatching totally. Then one hen, da...